"Basileus! This time you lead us to resist the Island Republic and the Alemannic coalition forces, completely destroy the Island Republic fleet, kill and capture more than 50,000 Alemannic coalition forces, and kill all including the King of Bohemia. There are more than thirty lords of Alemanni. Now, it is just around the corner to regain the western territory of the empire. If you can succeed, your martial arts will be amazing in the past and today!"
In a study room in the Constantiniya Palace, several ministers were sparing no effort to offer compliments to Sue Cornelius Scipio.
"Not only that, the momentum of the plague has been greatly reduced now, and it looks like it will disappear soon. During Justinian's time, this plague killed more than half of the population of the Seven Hills Empire! Thanks to your wise decision, Basileus . Your achievements far exceed those of Justinian, and you can be called the emperor of the Seven Hills Empire through the ages!"
"Oh?" Su raised half of his face from behind the paperwork, "Then what can I do next? Find a famous poet to help me edit a personal biography?"
"I suggest that a statue of Su. Cornelius Scipio be built next to the statue of Justinian!" said a minister. "It should be bigger than the statue of Justinian!"
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This obviously aroused Su's interest. He put down the document in his hand, leaned forward, and signaled the ministers to speak in more detail. But just at this moment, a voice floated over from a distance in an inexplicable way:
"Father! That attendant of mine is missing!!!"
The owner of the voice is Anna Cornelia Scipio, the daughter of Sue Cornelius Scipio. Due to the war with the island republic, her engagement with Patisipachio's son naturally broke down. This time, she returned to Constantiniya with the Mercian Field Army.
Before the voice could finish, Ana hurried in. She is now covered in a luxurious purple robe that symbolizes her status, and she also wears an exquisite headdress dotted with pearls. She rushed all the way to Su's desk and shouted: "I haven't found anyone since last night! I don't know if he got lost drunk or was kidnapped. Father, please send some troops to find him." bring it on!"
"Drunk, lost, and kidnapped... your entourage is really eye-opening." Su said a little unhappy, "Is it the little gangster you brought back? If you get lost, don't look for it. I'll arrange it right away. You change it."
"Change another one?" Anna slapped Su's desk hard with both hands, making the mountains of paperwork on it jump. "I don't want it!"
"Why don't you want to find me if I get lost? Is he your follower, or are you his follower?"
"I...I just want him!"
"Do you think you have the right to ask me for this or that now? As a princess, you ran out without saying a word and stayed out for a few months before coming back. I'm about to find you!"
As he spoke, Su Cornelius Scipio winked at the guards on the left and right.
"Take the princess back to her room and don't allow her to step out of the room for half a year!"
"Father...you can't...!"
After a commotion, Anna was lifted out of the door by four guards with her left hand, right hand, left foot, and right foot respectively. Paracelsus, wearing a beak mask, happened to walk in. Seeing this strange scene, he was so shocked that he forgot what he was going to do.
"My daughter is very strong. Four guards cannot restrain her." Su said, "Don't worry about her. Paracelsus, what can I do to you?"
Paracelsus finally came to his senses and raised a pile of manuscripts in his hand.
"This is a record of my research on this plague. According to my inference, the toxin is transmitted through rat fleas and the sputum and saliva of patients. As long as you stay away from these, you can avoid getting the disease. Constant Dinnier's being surrounded this time was a blessing in disguise, preventing the spread of the plague. However, this time there were many Alemannic deserters fleeing towards the villages, and they might be carrying diseases. Basileus had better send people to spread the disease to the villages as much as possible. Message. If there are patients in a village, measures should be taken immediately to eliminate rats. The priest of Apollo has the magic to repel rats, and you can use her power."
"It's enough to get rid of rats. Don't you need to burn down the village? I understand." Su. Cornelius Scipio nodded, "Is there anything else you want to say?"
"According to my statistics, the shortest time from the suspected toxin invasion to the onset of symptoms is only one day, and the longest time is about seven days. Your Majesty can calculate the time and take isolation measures. As for the Praetorian Guards and the Mercian Field Army, they should be able to do so now. Let them come out of the military camp with peace of mind. There are some other data, which I have recorded here, please Basileus to read them."
Su Rang's entourage took the manuscript from Paracelsus and placed it in the corner of the desk. Then he coughed and said:
"By the way, Paracelsus, there are some unfavorable remarks against you, and there are quite a few."
Paracelsus raised his head in surprise: "Unfavorable remarks? Sorry, I have been busy studying plague these days... Please tell me."
"You are a doctor, right? But in fact, you haven't cured a few patients at all, have you?"
After a moment of silence, Paracelsus lowered his head: "That's true. I have nothing to say."
"I am a person who loves talents. If you can cure the Black Death, even if everyone criticizes you, I will give you the position of palace physician. But now it seems that this position may still be too important for you." Su Cornelius Scipio said, "I will carefully read these manuscripts and I will give you one hundred nomisma. You can leave Constantiniya as soon as possible."
"I am not strong enough, and I am really ashamed. This time, I originally wanted to say goodbye."
Paracelsus took the money bag handed over by Su's entourage, stuffed it into his pocket without counting it, and then turned and left the study.
"Paracelsus! You are finally out!"
Outside the palace, several priests and a group of people blocked Paracelsus. They seemed to have known about Paracelsus' dismissal from Basileus for a long time, and they shouted at him unscrupulously:
"Take off your mask right now! Let's see if you are a human or a devil!"
"Sorry, I have to protect myself from infection." Paracelsus replied, "As for whether it's a man or a devil, of course I am a man and a doctor."
"That's nonsense! That mask of yours looks like the devil!" A priest with his face covered in blue-red dye raised his bony arms, turned around and asked the people behind him, "Have you heard that he How many patients have you cured?”
"Never heard of this!" people shouted below. "All the patients who saw him and this weird mask died! But a few patients who had never seen it survived! He was just asking for his life. The devil!"
"That's because only severely ill patients can receive my treatment. Don't you still know what the disease was like before I came here?"
"This is all a trap by you, the devil!" another priest shouted, "Listen to me, everyone, I received an oracle in my sleep last night. Only by executing the devil disguised as a doctor can the patients be cured!"
"Tie him to a stone and sink him into the sea!"
The excited people rushed forward and tore off Paracelsus' mask.
